EA Play Live 2020

"elelunicy;c-17521509" wrote:
I wouldn’t expect anything big being announced at EA Play. People here are just setting themselves up for disappointment.

Let’s examine what could be announced at EA Play:

Free content? Well they did promise that they have free content planned for the summer. However they do NOT announce free content outside of the fiscal quarter they release in, due to revenue recognition concerns. June is the last month of the quarter and it’s extremely unlikely that they have another major patch in June.

The new game pack? GP9 isn’t expected to be released until August/September. They simply do not announce game packs months ahead. The best we can hope for is that they may tell us the title of the pack, similar to Realm of Magic last year. Do not expect a trailer/full announcement as that’s not happening.

Nifty Knitting? Again, this is not expected to be released until July at the earliest. They’ve never done a full reveal of a stuff pack more than two weeks early. We already know pretty much everything about Nifty Knitting anyway and it’s a pretty pointless thing to announce to begin with.

The next EP after Eco Lifestyle? This is 100% not happening. They’ve never announced a Fall EP at EA Play/E3. The earliest they’ve announced a Fall EP is at Gamescom (August).

The Sims 5? This is nothing more than some people’s wishful thinking. SimGuruGrant literally told us merely weeks ago that TS4 is being developed for years to come. There is no legitimate chance of TS5 being announced this year.

I think it is actually possible for a second big patch during this month. Back in 2016 we had 2 patches and 2 packs- ALL in June so i wont count that out. Also, im pretty sure there will be something new/announced for TS4 because they literally tweeted it with the words "See you there" .

"@auroraael14;c-17521552" wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the sims 5 could come out next year and the sims 4 could also still get packs. Why not add more packs to the sims 4 and sell the sims 5. They will make more money too. Especially if the rumors are true and it's a multiplayer online game that they know not everyone will buy. So they will continue with the sims 4 and also sell the sims 5. They already have two teams right now. They have people working on sims 4 packs while having another team making the sims 5 base game.

They don’t have two teams. What they have is one team capable of full production, and several small teams capable of pre-production (team members of those small teams are mainly limited to designers, producers, concept artists, etc., and they work on initial concepts and designs of a game).

For example TS4 started pre-production in early 2010, and did not enter full production until early 2013, when most of the team was done with Island Paradise, the last TS3 EP made in Redwood Shores (Into the Future was made by a different studio in Salt Lake City). For instance this tweet from SimGuruTrev in March 2013 is when he was done with Island Paradise and moved onto TS4.

https://i.imgur.com/zhSUOMb.png

From job postings we know that they hired a handful of devs to join what’s likely TS5’s pre-production team. What they didn’t do was mass hiring a full team capable of full production. They need over 100 developers at a bare minimum for TS5’s full production, and that’s not happening until most of the team is done with TS4.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
I think it is actually possible for a second big patch during this month. Back in 2016 we had 2 patches and 2 packs- ALL in June so i wont count that out

They only released Dine Out and Kids Room in the same month because Dine Out was delayed.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
Also, im pretty sure there will be something new/announced for TS4 because they literally tweeted it with the words "See you there" .

It doesn’t mean much as they didn’t specify they’re going to have Sims news (last year they specifically told us we were going to hear Sims news at EA Play).

In 2018, they tweeted about the EA Play conference, even though The Sims was completely absent from the conference.

https://www.twitter.com/TheSims/status/1005494811887955969

"elelunicy;c-17522316" wrote:

"@auroraael14;c-17521552" wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the sims 5 could come out next year and the sims 4 could also still get packs. Why not add more packs to the sims 4 and sell the sims 5. They will make more money too. Especially if the rumors are true and it's a multiplayer online game that they know not everyone will buy. So they will continue with the sims 4 and also sell the sims 5. They already have two teams right now. They have people working on sims 4 packs while having another team making the sims 5 base game.

They don’t have two teams. What they have is one team capable of full production, and several small teams capable of pre-production (team members of those small teams are mainly limited to designers, producers, concept artists, etc., and they work on initial concepts and designs of a game).

For example TS4 started pre-production in early 2010, and did not enter full production until early 2013, when most of the team was done with Island Paradise, the last TS3 EP made in Redwood Shores (Into the Future was made by a different studio in Salt Lake City). This tweet from SimGuruTrev in March 2010 is when he was done with Island Living and moved onto TS4.

https://i.imgur.com/zhSUOMb.png

From job postings we know that they hired a handful of devs to join what’s likely TS5’s pre-production team. What they didn’t do was mass hiring a full team capable of full production. They need over 100 developers at a bare minimum for TS5’s full production, and that’s not happening until most of the team is done with TS4.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
I think it is actually possible for a second big patch during this month. Back in 2016 we had 2 patches and 2 packs- ALL in June so i wont count that out

They only released Dine Out and Kids Room in the same month because Dine Out was delayed.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522163" wrote:
Also, im pretty sure there will be something new/announced for TS4 because they literally tweeted it with the words "See you there" .

It doesn’t mean much as they didn’t specify they’re going to have Sims news (last year they specifically told us we were going to hear Sims news at EA Play).

In 2018, they tweeted about the EA Play conference, even though The Sims was completely absent from the conference.

https://www.twitter.com/TheSims/status/1005494811887955969

Well, they announced Eco Lifestyle before EA Play and the pack is releasing even before it. Why not announcing it on EA PLay and releasin it shortly after that (like Island Living) if u have nothing else for EA Play ? Also, for this EA Play one of the gurus also said something like "See you there/Will see you there ;) " so we will definitely hear something for TS4 "there" (even if its only the theme for the upcoming game pack). But as u said, i also think TS5 or the next ep announcement is kinda off the table cause....(hyping for a new "EP" 4 days after the release of the latest one...naah)

"KaeChan2089;c-17522256" wrote:
The Playstation 5 event on June 5th has been cancelled because of the riots....

Postponed, for understandable reasons. There will be time for games later.

"TheBoyXP;c-17522344" wrote:
Well, they announced Eco Lifestyle before EA Play and the pack is releasing even before it. Why not announcing it on EA PLay and releasin it shortly after that (like Island Living) if u have nothing else for EA Play ? Also, for this EA Play one of the gurus also said something like "See you there/Will see you there ;) " so we will definitely hear something for TS4 "there" (even if its only the theme for the upcoming game pack). But as u said, i also think TS5 or the next ep announcement is kinda off the table cause....(hyping for a new "EP" 4 days after the release of the latest one...naah)

Which Guru said “See you there”? As far as I can tell, none of the gurus have been hyping up EA Play, very much unlike last year.

In 2018, Seasons was released like 2 weeks after EA Play, and yet they still chose to announce Seasons before EA Play. There was zero mentions of The Sims during EA Play’s press conference.

We were told the theme for RoM last year at EAPlay, so I'm guessing we'll get the repeat of that this year and get the theme of the upcoming GP. Probably also an expected release timeframe that's more specific than "before the end of September".

I think we might get some clips or more info about Nifty Knitting too along with a predicted release month.

What might also happen: possibly another Pride item patch (or a different CAS/BB content patch) and talk about the changes/additions to the game that the roadmap post talked about.

But yeah, as others said, EAPlay isn't only Sims and since EL is releasing this week, I wouldn't bet on TS4 having a major presence there this time.

We wanted another Expansion Pack for this Year Please. It could be Generations.

Im hoping they announce at least the title for the game pack or announce cars coming soon.

"aprilrose;c-17522749" wrote:
Im hoping they announce at least the title for the game pack or announce cars coming soon.

Go for Cars!

"PlayStation 5 and Call of Duty events delayed due to US protests".
'...The firm had been set to unveil some of the games in development for its forthcoming PlayStation 5 on Thursday.
Hours later, Activision delayed the release of new Call of Duty content.'
'...Games publisher Electronic Arts postponed its reveal event for its latest sports title, Madden NFL 21, issuing a statement saying "we stand with our African American / Black community... we'll find another time to talk football with you".'

If EA's tying up with this it may be delayed as well, if Sims 5 is going to be introduced as coming with it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52877792